16th and 32nd note delays work pretty well too... speakers set up in a good room with the drum balance pumped through them with mics set up to catch the room sound work... there are a million of them, it's probably best for you to experiment and find a few of your own 'magic formulas' to create the magic you're looking to create.

So, you mean transformers as in robots in disguise? I hardly think they are made of iron. It must be some sort of metal found on a different planet, so as to allow them to transform from vehicles to robots.